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Please find below a listing of materials that were made available
on our websites at www.charitylaw.ca,
www.carters.ca and www.antiterrorismlaw.ca
during the month of January, 2004. Click on these links to go
to one of our sites or on the links below to go straight to
an item of interest to you. Materials are often provided in
both web and PDF formats, see the note below on viewing PDFs.
Please feel free to forward this email to anyone (internal or
external to your organization) who might be interested.
Highlights
- New CCRA Guidelines on Split-Receipting
- Combating the Abuse of Non-Profit Organizations: Summary
and Commentary
- Charities and Compliance with Antiterrorism Legislation:
The Shadow of the Law
- Legal Risk Management Checklist for Not-for-Profit
Organizations (non-charities)
- Legal Risk Managment Checklist for Charities
Printer friendly version at www.carters.ca/pub/update/charity/julaug03.pdf
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New Publications
"New CCRA Guidelines on Split-Receipting" (Charity
Law Bulletin No. 23, July 31, 2003) by Theresa L.M. Man and
Terrance S. Carter.
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb23.pdf
[WEB] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb23.htm
"COMBATING THE ABUSE OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: Summary
and Commentary of a Document Issued by the Financial Action
Task Force on Money Laundering on October 11, 2002" (Anti-terrorism
and Charity Law Alert No. 3, August 20, 2003) by Terrance S.
Carter and Benjamin S. Hutchinson.
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/alert/atcla/atcla03.pdf
"Charities and Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Legislation:
The Shadow Of The Law" (August 2003) by Terrance S. Carter.
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/article/charity/2003/terror0803.pdf
"Legal Risk Management Checklist for Not-For-Profit Organizations
(non-charities)" (August 2003) by Terrance S. Carter and
Jacqueline M. Connor.
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/checklst/nonprofit.pdf
"Legal Risk Management Checklist for Charities" (August
2003) by Terrance S. Carter and Jacqueline M. Connor.
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/checklst/charity.pdf
Carter & Associates and Fasken Martineau Lawyers Consulting
Editors of "Charities Law, 2003/2004 Edition" Charity
lawyers Terrance S. Carter from the law firm of Carter and Associates
and Maria Elena Hoffstein and Adam M. Parachin from the affiliated
law firm of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP are Consulting Editors
of "Charities Law, 2003/2004 Edition", a one-stop
source for researching key Federal and Ontario statutes applicable
to charities. Copies can be obtained through Butterworths at
www.butterworths.ca/book.asp?bookid=550.
[PDF] www.carters.ca/news/2003/newbook.pdf
Donald J. Bourgeois, Counsel to Carter & Associates, is
author of "The Law of Charitable and Not-for-Profit Organizations
- 3rd Edition".
This book provides an overview of the laws governing charitable
and not-for-profit organizations. Copies can be obtained through
Butterworths at www.butterworths.ca/book.asp?bookid=12.
In the Press
"Good Governance in Meeting the Duties of Directors of
Charities and Not-For-Profits" by Terrance S. Carter and
Theresa L.M. Man was published in the Canadian Association e-zine,
July 2003.
[link] www.axi.ca/tca/Jul2003/guestarticle_2.shtml
Recent Events and Presentation Materials
"Charities and Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Legislation:
The Shadow Of The Law " presented by Terrance S. Carter
at the ONTARIO JUSTICE EDUCATION NETWORK: SUMMER LAW INSTITUTE
in Toronto, AUGUST 27 - 28, 2003.
[Paper] http://www.carters.ca/pub/article/charity/2003/terror0803.pdf
[Presentation] http://www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/charity/2003/TSC0827.pdf
Upcoming Events and Presentations
"The 2003 Annual Church & the Law(tm) Seminar"
to be held on Wednesday, November 12th, 2003. Held every year
since 1994, The Annual Church & The Law(tm) Seminar is designed
to provide churches & religious charities with practical
information on current legal issues in order to assist them
in avoiding unnecessary exposure to legal liability. While the
topics presented are directed at churches & religious charities,
they also have general application to non-religious charities
and not-for-profit organizations. More than 560 people attended
the 2002 Church & The Law(tm) Seminar (www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/chrchlaw/2002/index.html).
Register NOW!
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/chrchlaw/2003/brochure.pdf
[WEB] www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/chrchlaw/2003/brochure.htm
"Employment Issues for Non-Profit Organizations" to
be presented by Mark J. Wong of Carter & Associates on September
17th, 2003 for the non-profit communities of Peel, Halton and
Toronto. This Presentation is sponsored by the United Way of
Peel Region and is to be held at 5170 Dixie Road, Suite 300
in Mississauga, Ontario. For more information contact Ken Auden
at 905-602-3622 or kauden@unitedwaypeel.org.
"Recent Initiatives by CBA National Charity and Not-For-Profit
Law Section with CCRA and Finance" to be presented by Terrance
S. Carter at an Ontario Bar Association Luncheon of the Charity
and Not-For-Profit Law Section on Thursday, September 25, 2003.
Registration and details at www.cbao.org/includes/eventdetail.asp?code=03CHA0925T
"Good Governance" to be presented by Donald J. Bourgeois
at the Manulife Sports Centre in Rim Park, Waterloo, on Saturday,
October 4th, 2003. This event is part of an all day workshop
put on by the Volunteer Centre for Kitchener Region designed
primarily for volunteer board directors and senior staff members
of charities and not-for-profit organizations. For more information
visit http://www.k-wvolcentre.on.ca
Registration and details at www.k-wvolcentre.on.ca/VACboardgovernance.pdf
"Recent Changes under the Income Tax Act Affecting Charities"
to be presented by Terrance S. Carter at the Law Society of
Upper Canada's 6th Annual Estates and Trusts Forum being held
on November 19th & 20th, 2003.
Acknowledgements, Errata and Other Miscellaneous Items
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